 CIDCO floated a tender to select the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for the project in August 2018.CIDCO had appointed Pune based Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) in 2011 to study the hydrological impact of the airport on the surrounding waterbodies.The CWPRS conducted hydrological and Mathematical Model studies of the Ulwe river catchment area and had recommended cutting a channel to divert the Ulwe river into the Moha creek.